Choosing an API framework depends on both your application’s needs and your development team’s strengths. In this article, we explore Express vs FastAPI by building the same API in both frameworks and examining differences in tooling, ecosystem support, and runtime behavior.
Part 2 of my series focuses on what it took to move from โit worksโ to turning a prototype into a production app, something stable enough to depend on and run in production. Beyond new features, it explores the architectural decisions, infrastructure trade-offs, and real-world costs involved in turning a prototype into a production app. Many of those lessons donโt show up in code, but they are every bit as important for success once real users and real expectations are involved.
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) offers developers and organizations the ability to create and deploy serverless Cloud Run functions. This code โ whether itโs written in Node.js, Python, C#, or another language โ can interact with other parts of GCPโs infrastructure. By default, the function is triggered by a basic HTTPS request. However, that is not our only option.
In this blog, weโll introduce the concept of event-driven functionsโa powerful way to automatically respond to changes across GCP services with minimal code. You’ll see how these functions can connect services like Cloud Storage, Firestore, and Pub/Sub, creating efficient workflows with less manual intervention…
In today’s fast-paced web development world, Next.js is one framework that’s becoming popular among developers. Itโs a powerful React-based solution that offers a lot more than just a traditional React and Node.js setup. What makes it so great? Letโs take a closer look.
A new trend of creating applications is emerging called Jamstack. No, this isnโt slapping together your favorite flavor of jelly (grape is the best) with peanut butter and two pieces of bread. The intent is an architecture that is faster, more secure, and easier to scale. It focuses on pre-rending and decoupling. This way, the solutions created are more reliable and resilient than before.
Pre-rendering comes by the way of using a static website via a CDN for high availability and security. No more serving your React app via web server like weโve become accustomed to. It reduces cost and complexity by eliminating the regular maintenance and configuration of traditional servers.
Also, the idea of APIs and the ability to move them to things like Serverless functions creates more cost savings, elimination of traditional servers, and use of features only when they are requested. For more information, check out the Serverless website.